{"id":38809,"date":"2025-01-23T09:30:49","date_gmt":"2025-01-23T14:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ckms.ca\/?p=38809"},"modified":"2025-01-23T09:30:49","modified_gmt":"2025-01-23T14:30:49","slug":"hegseths-ex-wife-gives-new-statement-to-fbi-amid-scrutiny-over-his-nomination-cnn-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/?p=38809","title":{"rendered":"Hegseth\u2019s ex-wife gives new statement to FBI amid scrutiny over his nomination | CNN Politics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"hoverZoomLink alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/ap25014683494621.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" \/><span style=\"font-size: inherit;\">Pete Hegseth\u2019s ex-wife recently gave a new statement to the FBI about the defense nominee\u2019s alcohol use, according to two sources familiar with the matter, an issue that has become a source of controversy during his confirmation process.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Source: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/01\/22\/politics\/pete-hegseth-ex-wife-fbi-briefing\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hegseth\u2019s ex-wife gives new statement to FBI amid scrutiny over his nomination | CNN Politics<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>good that he&#8217;s gotten some help and might have dealt with his problems.  but he shouldn&#8217;t be secdef.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>fta:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;The FBI connected with Samantha Hegseth and she gave a statement in which she discussed concerns about Pete Hegseth\u2019s drinking, the two sources said. One source familiar with the statement said Samantha Hegseth told the FBI, \u201cHe drinks more often than he doesn\u2019t.\u201d<br><br>&#8220;Hegseth\u2019s former sister-in-law, Danielle Hegseth, submitted an affidavit to the Senate about Pete Hegseth\u2019s conduct\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/01\/21\/politics\/pete-hegseth-affidavit-defense-nominee-trump\/index.html\">that became public Tuesday<\/a>, accusing Hegseth of being \u201cabusive\u201d toward his second wife, Samantha Hegseth.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pete Hegseth\u2019s ex-wife recently gave a new statement to the FBI about&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[282],"tags":[1102,72],"class_list":["post-38809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article","tag-tfg","tag-usa-usa-usa","wpcat-282-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38809","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=38809"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38809\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38818,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38809\/revisions\/38818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=38809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=38809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=38809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}